Rejoice!

One of the other churches in our community is celebrating 100 years as a congregation this year.  One of our church leaders commissioned me to make a card “from all of us to all of them”.

I like the lighthouse theme and how it relates to a church (or what a church is meant to be): a light in the darkness; a guide in a storm.  So, with this theme in mind I set out to create this card:

The stamp was designed by Donna Duquette, one of my fellow design team members from Starving Artistamps.

• Stamp: Donna's Lighthouse from Starving Artistamps;
• Color Medium: Watercolor;
• Other Materials: watercolor paper, stickles; Judikins’ Diamond Glaze;

The inside of the card accordion folds out to let MANY people sign and still have room for a greeting.  I will not attach the front till we (our congregation) have all signed it, so fingerprints on the front image won’t be a problem.  Also, the ribbon on the front is left a little long since there will be some handling before the card is sent.  I will re-trim the ribbon before sending.

I have done a few “from the group” cards before, and this method seems to work best.

Thanks for stopping by, today, I hope this post was a blessing to you!

~Juliana

Brrrr!

Happy New Year!

Today I am using the layout from Mojo Monday #171;

This card uses an image from the new "Juniper and Jupiter" stamp set from Starving Artistamps.
The paper is from Reminisce and the letters are from American Crafts.  I colored the image with colored pencils.

Isn’t he a cutie!

I hope your new year starts off warm!!

~Juliana

Let’s Get Cozy

I live in Michigan, and for the most part, in Michigan during the winter… it is cold!  Also, for the most part, I don’t mind the cold (but the grey does get to me by mid-January).

When my family comes in from the cold—our noses and cheeks are PINK!  Just like this little girl:

I bet she is heading right for the hot cocoa as soon as she gets inside!!!

• Stamps: Juniper and Jupiter; Classic Decor Sentiments;
• Paper: My Mind’s Eye and Making Memories;
• Coloring medium: PrismaColor Pencils;

The layout for this card came from SplitCoast Stampers: SC313

I hope you have a blessed and COZY new year!

Thanks for stopping by my blog to peek!

~Juliana

Simply Noël

Are you ready for Christmas??  Well, if you are, can you come and give me a hand??

I love this image!  I gave her the hair color and freckles to match my oldest daughter (actually, my daughters is more of a red-orange, but I had trouble with getting the pencil colors to look natural).  She wore braids most of her early childhood (kept the tangles out).

This image is by “Juniper and Jupiter” from Starving Artistamps.  You can see all the entire set: HERE.  She is so sweet and she was a joy to color!  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and she is accented with Stickles and Diamond Glaze.

The other elements from this card come from Anna Griffin and Bo Bunny.

Though I don’t want to stop Christmas from coming (like the Grinch) but if it could just hold off a day so I can catch up…I would be so grateful!  LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Juliana

Naughty or Nice?

It is time to make Christmas cards and projects again!

I love these new stamps by “Juniper and Jupiter” from Starving Artistamps.  You can see all the brand new images: HERE.

So…do you think this guy has been “naughty” or “nice”?  (I think a mix of both—don’t you!?!)

This little guy is colored with colored pencils and popped up on foam tape.  He has a touch of gold gel pen on his jingle bell and the bells on his collar and while gel pen on his cheeks.

His female counterpart will be posted in the morning!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Juliana